Being a web or a graphic designer is not an easy job because you constantly need improve your skills and stay up to date with all the newest tricks, technologies and trends. All of these things require a lot of time and if you are at the beginning of your career then you’ll need to allocate a good slice of your schedule for learning.

The following tutorials are extremely valuable because they cover a lot of design types, so I recommend you to bookmark them for later use. From learning to create an icon and all the way to cleverly change a background, these tutorials will help you cover a lot of techniques while boosting your skills.

Check them out and let me know if you know other great tutorials.

Create a Letter App Icon in Photoshop

Rusty Vintage Tin Sign in Photoshop

How to Replace a Woman’s Lipstick With Artwork

Create a Furry Little Monsters Wallpaper in Photoshop

Strawberry-Inspired Text Effect

Create a Retro Spaceman

Create a Surreal “Parting of the Sea” Photo Manipulation

Changing Your Background

Create a Plastic Beach Ball in Photoshop

Create a Photo-Realistic Fried Egg Using Digital Painting Techniques

Add Text on a Wet Window

How to Paint a Lovely Pair of Birds in Photoshop

Create a Science Fiction Environment With Photoshop

Add Textures and Color FX to Lifeless 3D Renders in Photoshop

Create an Emotional Surreal Landscape in Photoshop

Design and Print Custom Silk Screen Die-Cut Stickers in Photoshop

Create your own world

Create a Colorful Scene With Flowing Lights Effects in Photoshop

Create an Adorable Children’s Illustration

How to create Nexus 7 Background

How to create a planet in Photoshop

Combine real and digital brushes

Snow, Ice and Overpainting

Create a digital collage from hand-drawn elements

Design amazing mosaic effects

Create a Battlefield Scene Using Stock Photography in Photoshop

Send in the Clowns

Create a Folded Island Map Icon in Illustrator and Photoshop

Create a Fantasy Out the Door Wallpaper in Photoshop

Create a Space Invaders Poster